Letters on the Physical History of the Earth, Addressed to Professor Blumenbach: Containing Geological and Historical Proofs of the Divine Mission of MosesC.J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831 - 422 sidor |
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... soils the natural history of peat mosses - the extension of snow and ice on high mountains - the accumulations of fallen materials under the abrupt sides of mountains , and at the foot of steep coasts- the reduction of cliffs into ...
... soils the natural history of peat mosses - the extension of snow and ice on high mountains - the accumulations of fallen materials under the abrupt sides of mountains , and at the foot of steep coasts- the reduction of cliffs into ...
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... soil in their course , the process of crumbling down has been continued , rest has succeeded to long convulsions , and vegetation has covered those heaps of ruins now fitted for its reception . The valley of Campan may then be regarded ...
... soil in their course , the process of crumbling down has been continued , rest has succeeded to long convulsions , and vegetation has covered those heaps of ruins now fitted for its reception . The valley of Campan may then be regarded ...
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... soils , the increase of population was promoted ; but the art of ferti- lizing soils naturally sterile made very slow advances , and was taught only by experience and necessity . The barren lands , not occupied by forests , appear to ...
... soils , the increase of population was promoted ; but the art of ferti- lizing soils naturally sterile made very slow advances , and was taught only by experience and necessity . The barren lands , not occupied by forests , appear to ...
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... soil comes into contact with the continental soil , [ called in Germany geest ; ] who has given a detailed history of the first settlements on those new lands , as they were gradually forming . The authors who have followed or copied De ...
... soil comes into contact with the continental soil , [ called in Germany geest ; ] who has given a detailed history of the first settlements on those new lands , as they were gradually forming . The authors who have followed or copied De ...
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... soil , " Mr. J. A. de Luc elsewhere observes , " would alone be sufficient to prove that man did not exist upon the same lands , were it not more- over known that in the strata which enclose the remains of the former , no human reliquiæ ...
... soil , " Mr. J. A. de Luc elsewhere observes , " would alone be sufficient to prove that man did not exist upon the same lands , were it not more- over known that in the strata which enclose the remains of the former , no human reliquiæ ...
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Sida 174 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Sida 190 - And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; and with every living creature that Is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you ; 15 from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
Sida 196 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
Sida 177 - Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air...
Sida 174 - And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth.
Sida 190 - And of every living thing of all flesh two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female.
Sida 191 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Sida 91 - To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts : as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness ; When your fathers tempted me : proved me, and saw my works.
Sida 90 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God mad* the earth and the heavens.
Sida 189 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.